
The 26 states challenging President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to replace some 108,000 three-year executive amnesty work permits issued to illegal immigrants with two-year permits.
by Caroline May8 Sep 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

Justice Department lawyers apologized to U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen for the Obama administration’s violation of his injunction halting executive amnesty during a hearing in Brownsville, Texas Wednesday, according to Bloomberg News.
by Caroline May20 Aug 2015, 12:06 PM PST0

A DHS Inspector General audit released Thursday did not find any evidence that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services deliberately violated U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s executive amnesty injunction when it continued to issue prohibited three-year work permits to illegal immigrants granted deferred action, as opposed to the acceptable two-year permits.
by Caroline May13 Aug 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen will spare Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson from appearing before his court later this month to answer for the Obama administration’s illegal issuance of amnesty documents.
by Caroline May11 Aug 2015, 11:11 AM PST0

The Obama administration says it has recovered or terminated the 2,600 three-year amnesty documents issued in violation of a district court injunction. According to a Justice Department filing with the court, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has replaced the erroneously
by Caroline May3 Aug 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

The Obama administration is again warning illegal immigrants who were issued three-year work permits — in violation of a court order — to return those documents immediately or else find their deferred status terminated.
by Caroline May28 Jul 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

The Obama administration has taken extensive efforts to try to recoup some 2,600 three-year work permits issued in violation of a federal district court’s injunction halting President Obama’s executive amnesty programs — expanded DACA and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). USCIS is simply replacing the three-year permits with the allowable two-year documents. Latino groups are complaining.
by Caroline May27 Jul 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials will begin visiting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries who received the illegal three-year work permits and have not yet returned them.
by Caroline May16 Jul 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

“This Court has expressed its willingness to believe that these actions were accidental and not done purposefully to violate this Court’s order. Nevertheless, it is shocked and surprised at the cavalier attitude the Government has taken with regard to its ‘efforts’ to rectify this situation,” Hanen wrote in his order.
by Caroline May8 Jul 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

At a hearing last week, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen was outraged that the matter had yet to be cleared up. “I expect you to resolve the 2,000; I’m shocked that you haven’t,” he said at a hearing in Brownsville, according to the San Antonio Express-News. “If they’re not resolved by July 31, I’m going to have to figure out what action to take.”
by Caroline May1 Jul 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

The Obama administration says it violated a federal’s judge’s injunction blocking President Obama’s executive amnesty programs from taking effect due to computer problems, according to reports.
by Caroline May18 May 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

The Obama administration violated U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s injunction halting President Obama’s executive amnesty programs, Justice Department lawyers have admitted to the court.
by Caroline May8 May 2015, 10:51 AM PST0

The Obama administration is expressing regret to U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen — the man presiding over 26 states’ court challenge to executive amnesty — for not being entirely forthcoming about the implementation dates associated with the programs.
by Caroline May4 May 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

Judge Andrew Hanen has issued a scathing written rebuke directed at government lawyers and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their misrepresentations made in the case filed against President Obama’s executive amnesty plan. He has ordered the Government to produce related documents by April 21st. He also warned the government against destroying any of this evidence.
by Lana Shadwick8 Apr 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The injunction that has blocked President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty will remain in place following the ruling of a federal judge Tuesday night in this Texas border city.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Apr 2015, 9:21 PM PST0